galeiformis 
gamostelic 
galea’tus, hollow and vaulted, as in 
many labiate corollas ; galeiform’is 
(forma, shape) = galeate. 
galeric’ulate (galericulum, 
covered, as with a hat. 
Gall, Gal’la (Lat., an ee a 
monstrous growth caused by an 
insect puncture; ~ Flow’ers, atro- 
phied female flowers of the fig, 
within whose ovaries the eggs of an 
insect undergo evolution; Gal’lic 
Acid, an astringent occurring 
abundantly in oak-galls; Gallo- 
tan’nin, a glucoside occurring in 
oak-bark. 
galoch’rous (ydA\a, milk, xpds, skin), 
milk white. 
Galto’nian Curve, 
CurRVE. 
galvanotrop’ic (after Galvani, the dis- 
coverer of galvanic electricity, 
Tpory, # turn), curvature shown 
when subjected to a galvanic cur- 
rent, usuaHy towards the positive 
pole; Galvanot’ropism, the condi- 
tion just described; neg’ative ~, 
when the curvature is towards the 
negative pole of the current. 
Gam’boge, a yellow resinous gum 
from several species of Guttiferae ; 
Fungus ~, a somewhat similar 
product found in some Fungi. 
Gam’etange, Gametang’ium (yapérys, a 
spouse, dyyetov, a vessel), differenti- 
ated cavities in the filaments of cer- 
tain Algae which produce GAMETES; 
Gam ete, a unisexual protoplasmic 
body, incapable of giving rise to 
another individual until after con- 
jugation with another gamete, and 
the joint production of a ZyaortE ; 
gametogen’ic (yevvdw, I produce), 
giving rise to gametes; Gameto- 
geny, the production of gametes ; 
Gametogon’ium (yédvos, offspring), 
the mother-cell of a brood of 
gametes; Gam’eto-nu’cleus, the 
nucleus of a gamete; Gameto- 
genesis (yevvdw, I bring forth), 
the production of gametes ; Gam’- 
etoid (efdos, resemblance), an apo- 
eytial structure which unites like 
a gamete, producing a zygotoid 
a cap), 
see NEWTONIAN 
as the result ; Gam’etophore (gopéw, 
I bear), the portion of an algal 
filament which produces gametes, 
according to function further 
discriminated as ANDROGAMETO- 
PHORE and GyYNOGAMETOPHORE ; 
Gam’etophyll (dvAXov, a leaf), a 
more or less specialised leaf which 
bears the sexual organs; Gam’eto- 
phyte (gurov, a plant), the genera- 
tion which bears the sexual organs, 
producing gametes, in turn giving 
rise to the SporoPHYTE ; Gam’eto- 
plasm (7\dopva, moulded), the pro- 
toplasm of gametes. 
gamodes’mic (yayos, marriage, union, 
decuos, a bond), used of a stele 
which has its component vascular 
elements fused together; Gamo- 
des’‘my, the stelar condition in 
question ; Gamoe’cia (olxos, a house), 
used by Lindberg for the inflor- 
escence of Bryophytes; gamo- 
gas’trous (yaoryjp, the belly), ap- 
plied to a pistil formed by the more 
or less complete union of ovaries, 
the styles and stigmas remaining 
free; Gamogen’esis (yéveois, be- 
gioning), sexual reproduction; 
gamogen'ic (yévos, offspring), de- 
veloped as the result of a sexual 
process; Gamome’rius + (epos, 
a part), a flower whose parts are 
united by their edges (Lindley) ; 
Gamopet’alae (éradov, a flower- 
leaf), plants having the petals 
united, adj.; gamopet’alous, -lus ; 
gamophyll ous, -/us (¢v\dor, a leaf), 
with leaves united by their edges ; 
Gam’ophyte (gurdv, a plant), pro- 
posed by C. Macmillan for ‘‘ sexual 
lants ;” gamosep’alous, -lus (+ 
EPALUM), the sepals united into a 
whole ; Gamospor‘ae (copa, seed), 
Cohn’s term for those Algae which 
produce zoogonidia or zygospores, 
as the Conjugatae, Volvocineae, 
and Fucoideae, ¢f. CARPOSPOREAE ; 
Gam’ostele (o77\7, a post), a poly- 
stele, in which the vascular bundles 
are not distinct throughout their 
entire length, but fused together at 
some portion; adj. gamoste’lic ; 
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